Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-28
FIRE AT GREENVILLE.
Seven Brick Business Houses. with
Their Contents, Destroyed-Loss
About $4,000.
The Insurance About SEC, o9U-The Buri
ness Portion of the Town Mar
rowIy EIcspss.
a Big Blaze at Greenville.

Big Blaze at Grecnville.
Special TO the Gazette
GREENvILLE, TEX Dec. 27.-At $3.50
O'Clock this morning the brick storehouse
occupied by II. P. Jones with groceries
on South Stonewall was discovered to be
on ire. The building and also the brick
adjoining on the north were soon enyel-
oped in flames. The wind WAS blowing
with good deal OF force from
the southwest and all efforts to
arrest the progress of the flames were in
effectual. From Jones' store the fire
quickly spread to the grocery store Of n.
b. MCCAIN sc Joining, thence north TO the
large grocery store of morgan {, Stafford,
and thence 10 the two-stOry brick occu-
pied with dry goods and groceries by
l.. W. wel0orne, all of which with their
entire contents were consumed. On the
opposite side Of Stonewall street the two
story brick occupied by J. F. Rockwell
with dry goods caught and was soon in
ruins, also one-stoIy in its rear. The
Wyse One-story brick was badly burned
and rendered useless. The two-story
Masonic Temple adjoining the latter was
more or less burned, also what is known
as the Cooper building, on the south side
OF the square. The following embraces :
list Of moet Of the losses:
FL. 2. Jones, groceries, loss Of stock,
$4,000, insured for $1,000.
NJ. 3. Mccain, groceries, stock burned
$4,000, insured for $1,000.
Morgan & Stafford, groceries, loss on
stock $1,000, fully Insured.
l. W. WellbOrne, dry goods and gro
ceries, loss estimated at between $4,000
and $4,000, supposed to be fully insured,
Mr.. Wellborne being absent.
Mrs. z. F. Peddy, boarding house, loss
IN furniture and fixtures $500, also $50
IN money, no insurance.
j. I. Mcinsley, loss of furniture $500,
10 insurance.
E. j. Foster, household goods $500, no
insurance.
4. Ellis, grocery and feed store; dam
age to stock, $500; no insurance.
Ira a. Wyse, hardware; damage to
building, $500; TO stock, $1,000; fully
insured.
Masonic lodge, damage to building and
paraphernslia, $3.50.
DR.. J. J. Cooper, damage to building,
$1,000; insured.
, So! Arnold, OF building ssO0o'
Rockwell & Perkins, loss of building,
$4,000; insurance, $1,000.
W. F. Balthrop, loss OF three build
ngs. $40. 900; insured for $4,000.
j. F. Rockwan, dry goods; loss on
stock, $4,000; insured tor $4,000
Mrs. Kate Hale, building, $3.50; in |
sured, amount unknown.
DR.. M. NJ. Chandler, medical library, |
instruments, etc $4,000.
Mrs. M. + Montgomery, millinery, loss |
On stock, $500.
j. T. Rockwell 6. Co., drugs, damage to |
stock $500, fully insured.
a. NJ. Davidson, dry goods, damaged |
)y water about $4,000, fully insured.
j. W. LJtle, Alliance and Grange store, |
damage to stock $1,000, fully insured.
a. M. Samuel, groceries, damage to |
stock $500, fully insured.
Levy & Harrison, Sherman, damage to |
building $500, insured.
W 81. Wells, Paris, damage to build |
ng $500.
Criscoe, Harrison Mattox, groceries, |
damage 10 stock $500, fully insured.
A. M. Worsbam & Bro, shoe store, |
stock damaged $1,000, fully insured.
H. Horton, leweler, loss $3.50, no in |
'urspce.
N L0wsnstein, agricultural implements,
oss $4,000, partially insured.
Owing to The confusion it is impossible |
o-night to report the insurance COM
'anies sustaining the losses. Other per
IONS than those enumerated sustained |
Osses more Or less in the removal Of
foods. But for the heroic and almost
uperhuman Efforts of the fire company
nd the effactual assistance of citizens
he entire business portion Of the city
would have been consumed. All the
uildiDgs mentioned are brick, seven in
lumber. The losses, at very moderate
stimate, will aggregate SIS. 900.